53 Results for : embezzling
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The Llama of Death: A Gunn Zoo Mystery, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 554min
Theodora "Teddy" Bentley, zookeeper at the Gunn Zoo, takes the zoo's llama, Alejandro, to a Renaissance fair in the Monterey Bay area. That is where Teddy discovers the still-warm body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel, dressed in his costume as Henry the Eighth. At first it appears that Alejandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look shows a crossbow dart in the man’s back. Teddy’s investigation reveals that Reverend Victor wasn’t really a reverend at all but an escaped convict, which means that every marriage he performed in the past 20 years is null and void. Teddy’s mother, Caro, a spoiled ex-beauty queen, becomes the chief murder suspect and is immediately jailed when she causes a riot in the courtroom. The "reverend" had twice married Caro to wealthy men, and when both marriages failed, Caro received large financial settlements that she may now have to give back - certainly a motive for murder. But Caro wasn’t the only person gunning for Victor. The child of the man that Victor the convict once murdered may have wanted to kill him too. Then even Teddy herself is handcuffed and jailed. Even worse, Teddy’s embezzling father flies in from exile in Costa Rica to help spring Caro from jail, putting his own freedom in jeopardy. As Teddy continues her investigation, she finds herself up to her ears in Renaissance fair actors and stuntmen, assorted animals, squabbling boat live-aboarders, and gang members. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hillary Huber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005409/bk_blak_005409_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Right Stuff: Love in Brazen Bay, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 248min
After being taken to the cleaners by her embezzling bigamist husband, socially awkward academic Tru Stanhope finds herself with one remaining asset: a dive bar in the podunk town of Brazen Bay. Well, half a bar. The other half is owned by the infuriatingly hot Nash McKendrick. He doesn't want to sell, and he really doesn't want his once-silent business partner to have anything to do with his one true love: the pub.Nash liked his solitary life just fine before highbrow and pretentious Tru brought trouble and her little yappy dog to darken his door. She may be an intellectual, but she knows nothing about the real world and shockingly less about men. He's pretty sure he can handle the mousy little scholar. All he had to do is to figure out what makes her tick. She's just a woman, after all. And women tend to fall all over themselves around him. He'll just lay on the charm and sweet talk her into doing what he wants and send her on her way to a life better suited for her so that he can get back to his.But Tru has different ideas. She's tired of the sheltered life she's lived until now. She wants to experience real passion, a real career, and a real purpose in life. And she's decided Nash is going to help her with all three.Author Confession: Welcome to Brazen Bay, a small town I crafted just to explore that feeling of "so wrong it's right". Nash could have any woman he wanted, so I deliberately gave him the one he doesn't want. Because, authors are evil, and I like trouble. I hope you enjoy the "opposites attract" trope as much as I love authoring it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Raven. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/167087/bk_acx0_167087_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Poison: A Dismas Hardy Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 550min
From the "master of the legal thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times) John Lescroart comes a dramatic family drama in which attorney Dismas Hardy is called on to defend a former client against the accusation of murder. Dismas Hardy is looking forward to cutting back his work hours and easing into retirement after recovering from two gunshot wounds. He is determined to spend more time with his family and even reconnect with his distant son, Vincent. But Dismas just can't stay away from the courtroom for long, and soon he is pulled into an intense family drama with fatal consequences. Grant Carver, the vigorous patriarch of the Carver family and its four-generations-owned family business, has been murdered. His bookkeeper, Abby Jarvis, whom Hardy had defended on a DUI charge 11 years prior, is the prime suspect after police discover she's been embezzling funds from the company - but she insists she did not kill her boss. As he prepares to defend her, Dismas investigates the Carver clan and discovers the dark, twisted secrets within the family. It seems that Abby was not the only one who stood to profit from the company's $25 million market value. From jealous children to gold-digging girlfriends, Dismas has his work cut out for him in sifting through mud flinging, backstabbing, and accusations of blackmail. But Dismas has to save not only his client's life but his own, as it soon becomes clear that someone has a painted a target on his back, too. With Lescroart's signature "smart, riveting, and utterly compelling" (Brad Thor, number one New York Times best-selling author) prose, this whip smart and nail-bitingly suspenseful thriller will keep you guessing until the very end. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jacques Roy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008183/bk_sans_008183_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Last Word: A Spellman Novel, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
The latest installment of the New York Times best-selling Spellman Mysteries, a "series that keeps getting better and better" (Publishers Weekly), finds private investigator Izzy Spellman on the verge of losing everything. Isabel Spellman is used to being followed, extorted, and questioned - all occupational hazards of working at her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Her little sister, Rae, once tailed Izzy for weeks on end to discover the identity of her boyfriend. Her mother, Olivia, once blackmailed Izzy with photographic evidence of Prom Night 1994. It seemed that the Spellmans would lay off after Izzy was fired for breaching client confidentiality, but then Izzy avenged her dismissal by staging a hostile takeover of the company. She should have known better than to think she could put such shenanigans behind her. In The Last Word, Izzy's troubles are just beginning. After her hostile takeover of Spellman Investigations, Izzy's parents simply go on strike. Her sister, Rae, comes back into the family business with questionable motivations. Her other employees seem to be coping with anxiety disorders, and she has no idea how to pay the bills. However, her worst threat comes from someone who is no relation. Within months of assuming control of the business, Izzy is accused of embezzling from a former client, the ridiculously wealthy Mr. Slayter, who happens to have Alzheimer's, which Izzy and he are diligently trying to keep under wraps. Not only is Slayter's business and reputation on the line, but if Izzy gets indicted for embezzlement, she'll lose everything - her business, her license, and her family's livelihood. Is this the end of Izzy Spellman, PI? The answer makes The Last Word, hands down, the most thrilling book in this best-selling, award-nominated series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christina Moore, Mia Barron. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/006379/bk_sans_006379_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Big Trouble , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 432min
In his career, Dave Barry has done just about everything - written best-selling nonfiction, won a Pulitzer Prize, seen his life turned into a television series. And now, at last, he has joined the long list of literary figures, from Jane Austen to Tolstoy, who have made the transition from humor columnist to novelist - and done it with a style and inventiveness that establishes that, yes, he is very good at that, too. In the city of Coconut Grove, Florida, these things happen: A struggling adman named Eliot Arnold drives home from a meeting with the Client From Hell. His teenage son, Matt, fills his Squirtmaster 9000 for his turn at a high school game called Killer. Matt's intended victim, Jenny Herk, sits down in front of the TV with her mom for what she hopes will be a peaceful evening - for once. Jenny's alcoholic and secretly embezzling stepfather, Arthur, emerges from the maid's room, angry at being rebuffed - again. Henry and Leonard, two hit men from New Jersey, pull up to the Herks' house for a real game of Killer - Arthur's embezzlement apparently not having been quite so secret to his employers after all. And a homeless man named Puggy settles down for the night in a treehouse just inside the Herks' yard. In a few minutes, a chain of events that will change the lives of each and every one of them will begin, and will leave some of them wiser, some of them deader, and some of them definitely looking for a new line of work. With a wicked wit, razor-sharp observations, rich characters, and a plot with more twists than the Inland Waterway, Dave Barry makes his debut a complete and utter triumph. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/000841/bk_brll_000841_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Big Trouble, Hörbuch, Digital, 182min
In his career, Dave Barry has done just about everything - written bestselling nonfiction, won a Pulitzer Prize, seen his life turned into a television series. And now, at last, he has joined the long list of literary figures from Jane Austen to Tolstoy who have made the transition from humor columnist to novelist - and done it with a style and inventiveness that establishes that, yes, he is very good at that, too. In the city of Coconut Grove, Florida, these things happen: A struggling adman named Eliot Arnold drives home from a meeting with the Client From Hell. His teenage son, Matt, fills his Squirtmaster 9000 for his turn at a high school game called Killer. Matt's intended victim, Jenny Herk, sits down in front of the TV with her mom for what she hopes will be a peaceful evening - for once. Jenny's alcoholic and secretly embezzling stepfather, Arthur, emerges from the maid's room, angry at being rebuffed - again. Henry and Leonard, two hit men from New Jersey, pull up to the Herks' house for a real game of Killer - Arthur's embezzlement apparently not having been quite so secret to his employers after all. And a homeless man named Puggy settles down for the night in a treehouse just inside the Herks' yard. In a few minutes, a chain of events that will change the lives of each and every one of them will begin, and will leave some of them wiser, some of them deader, and some of them definitely looking for a new line of work. With a wicked wit, razor-sharp observations, rich characters, and a plot with more twists than the Inland Waterway, Dave Barry makes his debut a complete and utter triumph. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/003472/bk_brll_003472_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Wondering Sight: Extraordinaries Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 676min
Sophia Westlake is an extraordinary seer, gifted with the ability to see past, present, and future in dreams and visions. Her talent led to the destruction of the Caribbean pirates plaguing England's shipping and gained her renown and the accolades of her peers. But when she accuses a prominent politician, Lord Endicott, of embezzling from the army, her dream is "proved" false, and she is disgraced, her reputation ruined and her career in the army's War Office over. Humiliated, Sophia returns to London, but Lord Endicott follows her, intent on making her life increasingly miserable. Furious and desperate, Sophia takes the only course left to her: She sets out to discover Lord Endicott's criminal enterprises, to expose him and bring him to justice. Sophia's allies are few but loyal. Cecy, her best friend, supports Sophia in her quest while her cousin Lady Daphne is always ready for a challenge that will strike at Lord Endicott's heart. And always watching her is the mysterious Mr. Rutledge. But as Sophia delves deeper into prophetic dreams, Cecy and Daphne begin to fear for Sophia's health and sanity. Furious and desperate, Sophia takes the only course left to her: She sets out to discover Lord Endicott's criminal enterprises, to expose him and bring him to justice. Sophia's allies are few but loyal. Cecy, her best friend, supports Sophia in her quest while her cousin Lady Daphne is always ready for a challenge that will strike at Lord Endicott's heart. And always watching her is the mysterious Mr. Rutledge. But as Sophia delves deeper into prophetic dreams, Cecy and Daphne begin to fear for Sophia's health and sanity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cat Gould. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/007949/bk_tant_007949_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 364min
Number-one best-selling author Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels are: "irresistible" (Houston Chronicle), "stunning" (Booklist), "outrageous" (Publishers Weekly), "brilliantly evocative" (The Denver Post), and "making trouble and winning hearts" (USA Today). New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don't just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don't do what Tiki tells you to do. After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton's premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it's on Stephanie to track down the con man. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape . . . or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff's lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it's hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie's Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced into working side by side with Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case. The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money - or maybe just desperate - Stephanie accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again - a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid's dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lorelei King. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003308/bk_rand_003308_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Anal: Five Backdoor Erotica Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 90min, (USK 18)
Anal sex...there’s just something about backdoor erotica that makes it an absolute best seller on Amazon, and Naughty Daydreams Press has the best anal sex writers around. Whether you’re looking for some backdoor wife swap adventures, sweet threesomes, or very rough first anal sex experiences, you’ll find what you want in this red hot collection.1. My First Anal Sex Threesome by Debbie BrownstoneTricia and Evan are back, and this story shows they’re hotter than ever! First anal sex wasn’t enough, and Tricia’s friend Shelly is coming over for a first anal sex threesome! Evan can’t believe his luck with his hot girlfriend telling Shelly, “Share my boyfriend,” and he’s definitely in for a treat with deep throat, mff lesbian action, and of course, Shelly’s introduction to anal pleasure!2. The Backdoor’s Open (An Anal Group Sex with Neighbors Erotica Story) by D.P. Backhaus The annual barbecue with the neighbors always takes a lot out of Sally, but this year her friend Gail is intent on making sure she enjoys it. It starts out with simple relaxation, but it changes pretty quickly. Before long, there’s a neighbor sex extravaganza with three girls getting their first anal sex experience. 3. Landlord Blues (A Blackmail Sex Double Penetration Short) by Veronica HalsteadI had been embezzling from the sweet old couple that owned the apartment building for years, and when they passed away and the estate lawyers wanted to meet with me, I realized right there that I was caught. In a desperate effort to get out of trouble, I figured I’d offer up my body and make the problem go away.4. The Backdoor Bride (A First Anal Sex FFM Threesome Erotica Story) by Nancy BrocktonWhen a woman marries a man 10 years her senior, she has to be prepared for a difference in sexual drive and ability. This bride understands that, but she doesn’t mind. She’s in love, and she’s willing to spend her life without ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katrina Medina. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155017/bk_acx0_155017_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Easy Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 490min
Sexy. Intriguing. Easy. Eli Boudreaux's family has built ships and boats in Louisiana for generations. He comes from a hardworking, wealthy family, and his empire is growing by leaps and bounds. At 30 he is the youngest CEO ever to head Bayou Enterprises, cochairing with his eldest brother. His head for business and his no-nonsense work ethic are also quickly making him the best the company has seen in generations. His staff admires him, women adore him, and Eli's family is solid. But he's recently discovered that someone on the inside of his business is stealing from him, and he's determined to find out who. Kate O'Shaughnessy is hired by companies all over the world to slip inside and investigate every member of the organization from the CEO down to the custodial staff to find the person or persons responsible for embezzling. She's excellent at blending, becoming part of the team, and finding the weakest link. She's smart, she's quick witted, and she's now been hired by Bayou Enterprises, specifically Eli Boudreaux. The attraction is immediate, and the chemistry is off the charts, but Kate has heard all about Eli's playboy past, and she has a job to do. Sleeping with the boss isn't a part of that job, even if just the sound of her name rolling off that Cajun tongue and the way he fills out a designer suit does make her sweat. Eli's Southern charms surprise Kate. The man whose reputation labels him as a ruthless, callous womanizer is not the man she's coming to know intimately. He's generous and protective, and he makes her smile. Cracking through Kate's cool, reserved demeanor and discovering her love of sexy, expensive lingerie is a challenge Eli can't resist, but her sweet nature, love of family, and sense of humor pull at him in ways no one else ever has. But when the person responsible for trying to singlehandedly dismantle Eli's empire comes to light, and it's time for Kate to move on, to what lengths will Eli go to keep the woman h ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sebastian York, Rachel Fulginiti. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/023045/bk_adbl_023045_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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